"Pleasure to meet you, Miss Knight. And Chaos. I'd introduce you to Creme Brulee but I'm afraid he's not terribly social." He pat his pocket just to reassure himself the snake was still comfortably curled up there.

The portal appeared steady and holding, but he didn't want to risk someone stumbling into it.

"I'm afraid I'm not terribly prepared for a fight." He was new enough to consider himself relatively rubbish with spells. "But I've gotten quite good recently with warding glyphs. And if we're stuck for any length of time, I still have a few biscuits." Snacks were important.